Great Expectations

Overview

The cover illustration is by acclaimed milliner Steven Jones OBE, who has designed for the collections of Christian Dior, Vivienne Westwood, Marc Jacobs, and John Galliano

The greatest coming-of-age story in English literature and a memorable depiction of its age, Great Expectations was published in 1860-61 and its story of ambition versus fidelity, youthful mistakes and education, and admirable ambition overcoming social limitations has made it Dickens' most popular novel. As an appendix, this edition includes the book's original ending.

Reviews

"A story of the traumas of sex and class. My favourite moment is the one where Magwitch makes his stumbling way up the shadowy staircase towards an unnerved but unsuspecting Pip: the halting but inexorable rise of the repressed 'from the darkness beneath.'" —Sarah Waters, author, Fingersmith

Author Biography

Charles Dickens (1812–1870) is considered one of the English language's greatest writers.